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Dann touted his legislative experience, saying he co-sponsored or was the lead sponsor on 40 bills signed into law "that deal with giving law enforcement the tools they need to do their jobs." Those bills include the so-called Ohio Patriot Act, passed last year.

The debate turned contentious after Chandra claimed that Dann would have failed the FBI background check that Chandra passed.

"I say this with regret because as a Democrat, I don't like to say anything ill of a fellow Democrat, but we'd better have an honest conversation right now," Chandra said. "My primary opponent could not become an entry federal-level attorney with a Supreme Court reprimand [and] with a case in which somebody went to jail for four months for a nonexistent crime."

Dann acknowledged making an error in a spousal support case, for which he received a reprimand in 2004, but he angrily disputed Chandra's characterization of a case in which Bedford resident Keith Phillips served four months in jail for importuning after Ohio's importuning law was repealed.

Dann pointed out that two courts have dismissed him as a defendant, and he chastised Chandra for being sanctimonious.

"I'm proud of the work I've done," Dann said. "I'm proud of the fact that I've made mistakes and made them right, which is more important. Betty Montgomery made some mistakes and blamed the copying machine.

"Subodh, you're naive if you think they're not going to attack you, whether they have to make it up. There's certainly plenty in the background information that you've released that they can write attack commercials about.

"Let's talk about the issues. Let's talk about the office. Let's stop the personal attacks."